
The Practicing Poet
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The book includes thirty brief craft essays, each followed by a model poem and analysis of the poem's craft, then a prompt based on the poem. Ten recyclable bonus prompts are also included. Ten Top Tips lists are each loaded with poetry wisdom from an accomplished poet.
The Practicing Poet pushes poets beyond the basics and encourages the continued reading, learning, and writing of poetry. It is suitable as a textbook in the classroom, a guidebook in a workshop, or an at-home tutorial for the practicing poet working independently.
The craft essays, poems, and top tips lists include the work of 113 contemporary poets.
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page Content
- Introduction
- I. Discovering New Material
- Craft Tip #1: Word Banks: Smashing Words Together to Create a Spark
- -Sandy Longhorn
- Poem and Prompt
- Pediatrics
- -Emari DiGiorgio
- Sample Poems
- The Divorce
- -Kathy Nelson
- Not Your Pain
- -Judith Montgomery
- Craft Tip #2: Know More
- -Cynthia Marie Hoffman
- Poem and Prompt
- Apostrophe to S
- -Ted Mathys
- Sample Poems
- Homage to T
- -Patricia L. Goodman
- H: A Personal History
- -Linda Simone
- Craft Tip #3: Writing the Dragon
- -Jennifer Militello
- Poem and Prompt
- Variation on a Theme by Elizabeth Bishop
- -John Murillo
- Sample Poems
- Disillusionment of 6:22 AM
- -Martha Silano
- Variation on a Theme by Dylan Thomas
- -Sheila Kelly
- Top Tips: How to Write a Poem in Nine Easy Lessons + One
- -David Kirby
- Bonus Prompt: The Junk Mail Poem
- II. Finding the Best Words
- Craft Tip #4: Accruing the Right Words
- -Lauren Camp
- Poem and Prompt
- Boketto
- -Susan Rich
- Sample Poems
- Here We Waited for Windsnap
- -Tina Kelley
- Etui
- -Joan Mazza
- Craft Tip #5: Choosing Your Words
- -Barbara Hamby
- Poem and Prompt
- Maraschino
- -Juliana Gray
- Sample Poems
- Capers
- -Carol Seitchik
- Citrus aurantium
- -Dianne Silvestri
- Craft Tip #6: Using Etymology
- -Natasha Sajé
- Poem and Prompt
- Because it looked hotter that way
- -Camille T. Dungy
- Sample Poems
- Family
- -Roy Beckemeyer
- I Fled
- -Dianne Silvestri
- Top Tips: Fifteen Statements about Poetry
- -Lee Upton
- Bonus Prompt: The Dictionary Poem
- III. Making Music
- Craft Tip #7: The Sounds a Poem Can Make
- -Marge Piercy
- Poem and Prompt
- Five to Ten
- -William Greenfield
- Sample Poems
- Divorce Torch
- -Jenna Rindo
- Gray
- -Gaye Gambell-Peterson
- Craft Tip #8: The Music in the Ore
- -Sidney Wade
- Poem and Prompt
- April Incantation
- -Maggie Dietz
- Sample Poems
- Solstice: Mississippi Invocation
- -Ann Fisher-Wirth
- Anniversary
- -Penny Harter
- Craft Tip #9: Writing a Descriptive List Poem
- -Pattiann Rogers
- Poem and Prompt
- What Some Things Are Worth According to Her Grandfather
- -Nancy Chen Long
- Sample Poems
- My Aunt Betty Says She's Nothing But Ordinary
- -Kim Klugh
- Aunt Glenna Lays Down the Law
- -Patricia Fargnoli
- Top Tips: Ten Things about Poetry
- -Patricia Smith
- Bonus Prompt: The Chant Poem
- IV. Working with Sentences and Line Breaks
- Craft Tip #10: The Music of the Sentences
- -Molly Peacock
- Poem and Prompt
- On the Sadness of Wedding Dresses
- -James Galvin
- Sample Poems
- On the Sadness of Sweaters
- -Jenna Rindo
- Waiting for the Salvation Army
- -Jessica de Koninck
- Craft Tip #11: Syntax: The Life Force of Poems
- -Anne Marie Macari
- Poem and Prompt
- The Joy-Bringer
- -Thomas Lux
- Sample Poems
- The Queen of Despair
- -Lisa Young
- The Rhythm-Giver
- -Denise Utt
- Craft Tip #12: Make It and Break It
- -Maggie Smith
- Poem and Prompt
- Epithalamion for the Long Dead
- -Danielle Sellers
- Sample Poems
- Epithalamion for That Couple, They Looked So Happy
- -Jennifer Saunders
- Making Butter
- -Denise Utt
- Top Tips: Ten Tips for Poets: A Prose Poem
- -Dorianne Laux
- Bonus Prompt: The One Sense Poem
- V. Crafting Surprise
- Craft Tip #13: Using the Line to Surprise
- -Meg Day
- Poem and Prompt
- Driving the Beast
- -Christopher Bakken
- Sample Poems
- Letter
- -Bob Bradshaw
- When I Was One and Twenty
- -Penelope Scambly Schott
- Craft Tip #14: Truth's Surprise
- -Lawrence Raab
- Poem and Prompt
- Still Life with Long-Range View
- -Chelsea Rathburn
- Sample Poems
- Finding the House on Trimble Street
- -Luanne Castle
- Return
- -Ann Fisher-Wirth
- Craft Tip #15: Throwing the Reins upon the Horse's Neck
- -Chris Forhan
- Poem and Prompt
- Emerson Street
- -Joseph Bathanti
- Sample Poems
- Incident
- -Susan Gundlach
- Goat Hill
- -Libby Bernardin
- Top Tips: Eleven Tips for Writing Metaphors
- -Ellen Bass
- Bonus Prompt: The Monochromatic Poem
- VI. Achieving Tone
- Craft Tip #16: Tone It Up
- -Peter E. Murphy
- Poem and Prompt
- But It Was an Accident
- -Jeannine Hall Gailey
- Sample Poems
- Humble Pie
- -Rebecca Hart Olander
- Getaway Car
- -Andrea Bates
- Craft Tip #17: Key-Change as Poetic Device
- -Christopher Salerno
- Poem and Prompt
- Traveler's Lament
- -Martha Silano
- Sample Poems
- Missing
- -Elizabeth Bodien
- Tennis Player's Lament
- -Deborah Gerrish
- Craft Tip #18: Asphyxiating the Silence in Your Neck of the Woods: On the Importance of Speech Tones
- -Adrian Blevins
- Poem and Prompt
- Fantastic Voyage
- -Richard Cecil
- Sample Poems
- On Bended Knee
- -Anjela Villarreal Ratliff
- In Media Res
- -Kenneth Ronkowitz
- Top Tips: How to Write It Bloody
- -Jan Beatty
- Bonus Prompt: The Monosyllabic Poem
- VII. Dealing with Feelings
- Craft Tip #19: Sentimentality, Character, and the Health of Your Poem
- -Patrick Donnelly
- Poem and Prompt
- Abandoned Block Factory, Arkansas
- -Elizabeth Lindsey Rogers
- Sample Poems
- Fifteen-mile School, Wasco County
- -Penelope Scambly Schott
- Holy Land, USA
- -Patricia Fargnoli
- Craft Tip #20: When Trees Talk and Boats Swagger
- -Betsy Sholl
- Poem and Prompt
- Downhearted
- -Ada Limón
- Sample Poems
- Tornado in Manzanita
- -Emily Ransdell
- Bright Blue
- -Jenny Hubbard
- Craft Tip#21: Divine is Mine: Poetry's Reckless Declarations
- -Diane Seuss
- Poem and Prompt
- The Day
- -Peter Everwine
- Sample Poems
- A Walk in the Park
- -Linda Simone
- Dispatch from the Middle Distance
- -Megan Gannon
- Top Tips: Sixteen Tips, Quips, and Pontifications
- -Robert Wrigley
- Bonus Prompt: The Mood Poem
- VIII. Transforming Your Poems
- Craft Tip #22: Point of View: Who's Talking Now?
- -Sharon Bryan
- Poem and Prompt
- Baby on a Train
- -Roger Camp
- Sample Poems
- Childhood
- -Ann Fisher-Wirth
- Ablution
- -Nancy Susanna Breen
- Craft Tip #23: The (Perpetual) Metamorphosis
- -Jennifer Givhan
- Poem and Prompt
- Genealogy
- -Betsy Sholl
- Sample Poems
- Lovers
- -Camille Norvaisas
- Siblings
- -Gail Comorat
- Craft Tip #24: First Thought, Worst Thought
- -Traci Brimhall
- Poem and Prompt
- When Sex Was Kissing
- -Hunt Hawkins
- Sample Poems
- Record
- -Shayla Hawkins
- The Kiss
- -Susanna Rich
- Top Tips: Ten Shortcuts: A Busy-Body's Guide to Writing Poetry
- -Oliver de la Paz
- Bonus Prompt: The Make It New Poem
- IX. Rethinking and Revising
- Craft Tip #25: Life in the Salt Mines: A Revision Strategy
- -Campbell McGrath
- Poem and Prompt
- Repairs
- -Jody Bolz
- Sample Poems
- Grass
- -Jennifer Kosuda
- Father's Day Gardening
- -Susanna Rich
- Craft Tip #26: Top Down, Bottom Up
- -Alan Michael Parker
- Poem and Prompt
- Pulse
- -Maxine Susman
- Sample Poems
- What We Women Put Ourselves Through
- -Karen Paul Holmes
- Women Whose Fathers Died in December
- -Tina Kelley
- Craft Tip #27: The Shallow and the Deep: How to Revise a Group of Poems
- -Nicole Cooley
- Poem and Prompt
- Epicurean
- -Vievee Francis
- Sample Poems
- Treasure
- -Shayla Hawkins
- Eye to Eye
- -Lynn Domina
- Top Tips: Bilgere's Best
- -George Bilgere
- Bonus Prompt: The Revision Infusion Poem
- X. Publishing Your Book
- Craft Tip #28: How to Order Your Poetry Manuscript
- -April Ossmann
- Poem and Prompt
- Portrait with Closed Eyes
- -Jeanne Marie Beaumont
- Sample Poems
- Portrait of Her in the Window
- -Jennifer Saunders
- Swept
- -Linda Parsons
- Craft Tip #29: The Work of Promoting Your Poetry Book
- -Diane Lockward
- Poem and Prompt
- Primrose Path
- -Mark Smith-Soto
- Sample Poems
- Territorial Rout
- -Scott Wiggerman
- Wormageddon
- -Carla Schwartz
- Craft Tip #30: Protocol for Poetry Readings
- -Adele Kenny
- Poem and Prompt
- Three Possibilities
- -Alan Michael Parker
- Sample Poems
- Three Views of Flight
- -Lynn Domina
- Three Lives
- -Penny Harter
- Top Tips: Finding Your Book
- -Alberto Rios
- Bonus Prompt: The Instruction Poem
- Contributors
- Credits
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